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Da Lat: Young man carries 80kg tumor for ten years

Nguyen Duy Hai, 31, in the resort city of Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been carrying a tumor weighing 80kg on his right leg for 10 years. The tumor still keeps developing.

Nguyen Duy Hai, 31, in the resort city of Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been carrying a tumor weighing 80kg on his right leg for 10 years. The tumor still keeps developing.

Hai’s mother, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Cho Con, 61, told VietNamNet that Hai was very healthy and normal at birth. However, when he was four, the lower part of his right leg began to develop extra growth, causing difficulties in walking.

The tumor weighed around 28kg when Hai was 17. The tumor was very painful and Hai could not walk.

His family took him to the Lam Dong General Hospital for treatment, but doctors failed to identify the cause. His family asked doctors to cut off the excess growth.

However, the remaining part of Hai’s right leg began to develop into a tumor that kept growing larger and larger, until it covered the entire bottom portion of his body. At its largest, the tumor is 1.17m long, weighing over 80kg.

Hai now relies on his 61-year-old mother for all his daily activities, including personal hygiene. He hopes doctors can remove the tumor.